Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2202, Thomas Everton, Mass.

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Everton, Thomas
S. 2202
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Ohio 2459-
Thomas Everton
Miles in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Knuth - of the Regt commanded by Col. Speats - in the M'arsh. time for 15 months from 1777-
# 2202
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio - at the rate of 50 - Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Nov: 32 to and due to me Roseworth Chester. O.
Allowance to 4th of Sept 1832 75.- Pensionant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 25.- 100.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk, Book L Vol. 10 Page 33-

four while at Abidiki's Newtown the brigate 60 lumber attempted to pass out of Narraganset Bay in the night A Br. and 11.1 p. . . . .
Thos. Everton 4996.

The State of Ohio Meigs County ss ( Meigs County Pleadings July Term A.D. 1832
On this first day of August 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County now sitting Thomas Everton a resident of Rut land Township in the County of Meigs & State of Ohio aged seventy years (having been born on the 16 th day of February 1762) who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the Uni ted States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. to wit, Sometime in October A.D. 1777 turned out as a volunteer at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (where this deponent then resided) under Captain Keith Lieutenant Wadkins under the command of Genl. Spencer. Marched to Sivertown Rhode Island where said company was stationed & where he continued until the ex piration of one month the term of his engage ment & was then & there discharged In December following as near as I can recollect I again Vol unteered his services at Bridgewater aft d in the company commanded by Capt. Abraham Washburn - in the Reg t commanded by Col. Sproat & marched to a place called at the time Oldike's Newtown in Rhode Island where he continued to serve three months

The term of his engagement & was there discharged Some time in June 1778 He, at Bridgewater aft d Volunteered his services in a Company commanded by Lieut t Wadkins for the term of three months Eight months so being attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Woods in General Nickson's Brig- ade marched to Peekskill & from thence to White Plains from thence to Horse-neck to obtain forage While there five men were ordered from his Reg t to join also attached to a Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Readwell in the Continental service as this deponent believes - he was one of the five that consented to go & did with the other four join that Company he does not recollect the time but well recollects it was about the close of cutting Hay - This Artillery Company was, at this time at White Plains, at the same place & attached to General Nixon's Brigade. - The General McDougal the Major General - The main army lay at this place at this time & deponent well recollects see- ing Genl Washington & Col. Washington who com- manded the Reg t of Cavalry - & Genl Steuben - marched from White Plains to Danbury Connec- ticut some time in the fall in same Brig d Division from thence to Peekskill where we stayed till winter from thence to Fishkill till next Febru- ary where (having served 8 months, the time of his engagement) he was discharged - In the Summer following (1779) deponent believes in June this deponent entered the service as a Volunteer for three months in a Company

commanded by Capt Packard - Lieut Wad- kins in Col Jacob's Regiment - Was ordered first to White Plains, but when his Company had mar- ched about 50 Miles rec d counter orders & marched to Siverton in the State of Rhode Island - Soon after a Lieut's command of 30 men was ordered to March to Newport he was one of that number - Lieut name not recollected continued there 3 or 4 weeks, & returned to Siverton - from thence marched to Bulls Hill & was there employed in building a fort where this deponent continued until sometime in Sept. following when he was discharged making in all 15 months service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State. He was born in Dorchester Buffolk County Massachusetts 16 th Feb 1762 & always understood that his birth was there recorded by the Town Clerk in a book kept for that purpose but does not positively know the fact in 1781 moved to Kennebec (Maine) lived there & at Pe- nobscot Main - 8 years - Moved to Whitestown N.Y. lived in N.Y. till 1794 & have lived in Rutland now in Mass County since Sept. 1795. he has no documentary evidence of that he knows of no per- son whose testimony he can procure who can tes- tify to his service - he was in no general engage- ment with the enemy - in his first tour was in two skirmishes both on Rhode Island & both in the night - & both of them small parties of about 80 men on the side of the Militia. In his second

tour while at Oldike's Newtown the Frigate 60 has attempted to pass out of Narraganset Bay in the night A British Ship lying in the Channel after passing the Ship she ran aground & was deserted by the crew & taken possession of by boat crews from the British Ship The Company to which he belonged was ordered to March to the place where this Frigate was aground near shore to retake the said Vessel which was effected after an engagement of about half an hour - the Ves- sel was stripped of her rigging guns ammun- ition stores &c & burned.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid JB SPENCER, CLK.
Thomas Evertson
We Abel Chase & Brewster Higley residing in Rutland in the County of Mass s do hereby certify that We are well acquainted with Thomas Ev- erton who has subscribed & sworn to the above declara- tion that We believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that We concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid JB SPENCER, CLK.
Abel Chase Brewster Higley

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that
Abel Chase & Brewster Hoagley who have signed the same are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that he could not without great trouble & inconvenience procure the attendance of a neighboring clergyman at this term of the Court
Attest
A. B. NORTH, Clerk
I, Marcus Brown, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Meigs do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Everton for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this second day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred thirty two & of our State the thirtieth
A. B. NORTH, Clerk
Thomas Everton

Thomas Evaton
Ohio
No 4996.
from 1777 private fifteen months $50.
M c Donough
Chester
Ohio

BRIEF in the case of
Thomas Everton of Meigs County in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Oct In 1777 " — 1 — " Private Gen. Spencer Capt Keith Leuakin   Dec 1778 " — 3 — " " Colsproals Regiment Capt Northam   June 1778 " — 8 — " " Gen. Beckford Brigade Col. Wood Regiment   June 1779 " — 3 — " " Leuakin afterwards formed Capt Franklin Company of Artillery Col. West's Regiment Capt. Lucan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Cottle Examining Clerk.

October 5, 1934.
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Miss Laura Everton 518 North Main Logan, Utah
BA-J/ady Thomas Everton S.2202
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas Everton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.2202, based upon his military service in that war.
Thomas Everton was born February 16, 1762 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. No reference is made to his parents.
While a resident of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in October 1777 and served one month as private in Captain Keith's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in December 1777, served three months in Captain Abraham Washburn's Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment, and was in two skirmishes on Rhode Island. He enlisted in June 1778 and served eight months in Lieutenant Watkins' Company, Colonel Wood's Massachusetts Regiment and in Captain Treadwell's Company of Artillery. He enlisted in June 1779 and served three months as private in Captain Packard's Company, Colonel Jacobs' Massachusetts Regiment.
In 1781 he moved to Kennebec, Maine, lived there and in Penobscot, Maine, eight years. He moved to Whitestown, New York, and lived in said state until 1794.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832 while a resident of Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio, in which county, he had lived since September 1795.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of death not on a/p.
Next of kin add the engagement in which he participated

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Everton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., February 6, 1905.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Thomas Everton --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Oct. 1777 1 mo. Pvt. Keith Gen. Spencer Mass. Dec. 1777 3 mos. Pvt. Washburn Colonel Mass. June 1778 5 mos. Pvt. { Lt. Wadkins Capt. Treadwell Wood Mass. Jan. 1779 5 mos. Pvt. Packard Jacobs Mass.
Battles engaged in,
None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Ridgefield, Mass.
Date of application for pension,
August 1, 1852.
Residence at date of application,
Rutland, Ohio.
Age at date of application,
Born February 16, 1762.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mr. A. C. Stevens,
516 Howard Ave.,
Austin, Ill.
Commissioner.

Logan, Utah. Sept. 13, 1934.
U. S. Veterans Administration Dept., Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am seeking information concerning one Thomas Everton, a soldier of the Revolution, who was living in Rutland, Meigs County, Ohio in 1840 and receiving a pension. Can you supply data as to where he enlisted and the time served, etc? Also, does your department keep any information concerning family connections of veterans?
Enclosed is self addressed envelope for your reply.
Yours truly,
Laura Everton Laura Everton, 518 North Main, Logan, Utah.

576. Howard ave.
no W
Austin Ill. Jan. 7/95- Wm Lochner Esq. Washington D.C. Dear Sir:
I was a soldier in the union army during the war of the Southern rebellion and my grand father Thomas Everton was a soldier in the American army during the war of the revolution . My object in writing you is to ascertain where he enlisted, to what company and regiment he belonged. The date and term of enlistment, and any and all other information which you may find recorded. As there might have been others by the same name and presuming your records show the date of his birth, and death I will say I find in the family.

he was born Feb. 16. 1762 place of birth not given but I think he was born in the state of New York and think he enlisted at some point in that state. He died Dec. 21. 1848. I know he was drawing a pension of $50. a year at the time of his death.
Trusting you will spare no pain to give me all the informa- tion touching his enlistment and service I am very truly Yours S.C. Stevens

Feb. 1/2, Mr. & Mrs. G. P. Stevens 516 Harvard Ave. Austin, Tex. 1934 Oct. 5. Dist. to Laura Everton a. 10/24
Rev. War
2202 INVALID.
File No. 2202
Thomas Everton
Print Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 116
[Arrangement of 1870.]